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Mitch Nowakowski

Mitch Nowakowski

Oct 8, 2026

8:16
What kind of an opportunity is this now for the city?
8:21
Yes.
8:21
Well, good morning, Susan and Brian.
8:23
And this was a big win, uh, that the city of Buffalo did not have to return or t- or transfer the deed, uh, to a third-party company from California, and this was a lease that was almost 30 years old.
8:37
So when I discovered that, uh, there were some, uh, provisions in it that it could potentially go and revert to this company, uh, City Hall got its act together, and we were able to, um, identify that, uh, this was not up to productive use.
8:53
And so our lawyers were able to demonstrate in court that this was only open to specialty events.
8:59
Uh, it has no density, no vibrancy, and my constituents that live on the waterfront, boaters, people that go down there, always complain about it being desolate and nothing really happening.
10:41
How can we get both sides to the table?

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